Thread: Different dB dir

Different dB dir

From
Jason
Date:
I have filled a partition on our Sparc with 6 databases.  Each database
is about 300MB in size.  What I want to do is create future databases on
a different partition.  All current databases reside at
/usr/local/pgsql/data/base/DBNAME

The next time I create a dB, I want it to be at /platypus/pgsql/DBNAME

Is this possible?  And if so, how?  I am running PostgreSQL 6.3 on a
Sparc 20.  Thanks in advance.

-Jason.

Re: [GENERAL] Different dB dir

From
Steve Doliov
Date:
er....try a symbolic link? (man ln) and just keep the schema in your
current DBDIR.

steve

On Wed, 15 Jul 1998, Jason wrote:

> I have filled a partition on our Sparc with 6 databases.  Each database
> is about 300MB in size.  What I want to do is create future databases on
> a different partition.  All current databases reside at
> /usr/local/pgsql/data/base/DBNAME
>
> The next time I create a dB, I want it to be at /platypus/pgsql/DBNAME
>
> Is this possible?  And if so, how?  I am running PostgreSQL 6.3 on a
> Sparc 20.  Thanks in advance.
>
> -Jason.
>
>


Re: [GENERAL] Different dB dir

From
Maarten Boekhold
Date:
On Wed, 15 Jul 1998, Jason wrote:

> I have filled a partition on our Sparc with 6 databases.  Each database
> is about 300MB in size.  What I want to do is create future databases on
> a different partition.  All current databases reside at
> /usr/local/pgsql/data/base/DBNAME
>
> The next time I create a dB, I want it to be at /platypus/pgsql/DBNAME
>
> Is this possible?  And if so, how?  I am running PostgreSQL 6.3 on a
> Sparc 20.  Thanks in advance.

With PostgreSQL 6.3.2:

template1=> \h create database
Command: create database
Description: create a database
Syntax:
create database <dbname> [with location = '<dbpath>']


Also, 'man createdb' will give you answers.

Maarten

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